Golden Brand, Acrylic Airbrush Colors

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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Hi,

I’ve heard that Golden airbrush paints are considered to be a very good paint and would like to hear opinons on it. I’ve been using PollyScale acrylic paint, and have been pretty happy with it. I’m using (actually just bought it) a Paasche H.

Is the Golden airbrush really ready to use right from the bottle, or is additional thinning needed?

Any comparisions to PollyScale paint appreciated.

Thanks
John

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John,

If you are having good results with the Polly Scale then I would continue using it and maybe even trying Model Master Acryl and Tamiya acrylics to see how they work.

The Golden’s colors are great but I don’t know how they perform on plastic.
Most people I know that use them are using them on automotive surfaces or textiles such as T-shirts and denim jackets.

There is a lot of info on their web site on using them and maybe you could send them an email to see what they say about your application.
http://www.goldenpaints.com/

Mike

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Actually I’m going to be using the paint on Ultracal 30 rock castings. I tinted the Ultracal prior to mixing so the casts are gray already, just looking to do dome additional shading prior to weathering. I just saw that Golden sells an airbrush transparent paint called “Shading Gray”, sounds just about right for what I’m now doing.